Hasab AI: The New Ethiopian AI Platform Transforming Ethiopian Language Services
By targeting low-resource languages such as Amharic, Hasab AI is not only filling a critical gap in the AI landscape but also creating space for the inclusion and preservation of these languages in the digital era.
Hasab AI launched its new voice AI platform that offers integrated AI solutions for Ethiopian languages. A first of its kind in Ethiopia, Hasab AI provides transcription, subtitle creation, and translation services for audio in Amharic and other Ethiopian languages.
The project started when the founder, Kidus Yared, was a student at AASTU, where he also met his cofounder. While studying software engineering, Kidus enrolled in a fast-track program where he took graduate-level courses on AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Laying the foundations of Hasab AI was a lengthy process, Kidus says, taking about 3-4 years.